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International versions of Titanium Series packaging varies greatly, although the vehicles inside are always identical. For example, some Canadian bi-lingual 3” releases used a standard “riveted metal” deco on the front of the package for a number of different releases, with the ship’s name (printed solely in English) on it. These packages also contained 7x10” glossy insert sheets with info and wireframe illustrations of all of the vehicles from the same wave.
Only major changes to the line’s standard US packaging styles are noted here.

LISTING NOTES:

Numbers are assigned the first time vehicles are listed. Only NEW, UNIQUE vehicle TOOLINGS have a UNIQUE NUMBER.
*SPEEDER BIKES are the sole exception because the frequently re-released Speeder Bike tooling is identical and only the rider and paint decos change "**." indicates an REPACK (an unchanged and previously released vehicle from an earlier wave) or a REPAINT of an existing vehicle tooling. Packaging may vary.

DIRTY refers to toolings that have been “detailed” with a dark paint wash, have painted “battle damage”, or have “dirt” or “wear” painted on.CLEAN denotes toolings that have less of this darker paint than its other variants, or no paint washes at all. NO INFO means that there are no variants for this vehicle: its tooling and paint are unique to it. Packaging for repacks of this tooling may vary.

*Wave Revisions (later versions of a released “wave” of ships) are generally listed here only when new or rare vehicles are released in them.

3rd PACKAGING STYLE – Titanium Series Diecast logo on top bubble, Small “Chrome” SW logo at bottom of package

WAL-MART WAVE 4 (Winter, 2005- Wal-Mart Exclusive Packaging- 4 ships. Although some of these ships in the WM packaging did leak out in Mass Retail Wave 4, they were not widely released in the WM packaging.

**. TIE Advanced X1 Starfighter (Shiny Gold, fully packaged- “Darth Vader's TIE Fighter”) - some have “2006 Convention Exclusive” sticker and/or a Comic-Con International logo on the packaging but some do not. *note:Hasbro Toy Store later released both packaging variants for this “exclusive” in large quantities.

2007 KB TOYS EXCLUSIVE 2-Packs in “Buy 1 Get 1 Free”Packaging - March, 2007- first STAR WARS logo is prominent on the individual ship’s packages. There are two fully packaged TS ships within a larger black plastic package shell. The individual ships inside are identical to the first WM releases, except for the reversed position of the Green JSF. The individual packages within the shell are almost identical to the first single-pack WM Exclusive releases, except that “DIECAST” is printed just below the bubble (identical to WM EXCLUSIVE WAVE 3 packaging). The ships from these 2-packs were released separately as single packs in MASS RETAIL WAVE 8 in early 2006. It appears that these ships saw a very limited release in this KB 2-pack “B.O.G.O.” packaging, but it has been confirmed that KB did indeed sell some at retail.

4th PACKAGING STYLE – Titanium Series Diecast logo on top bubble, Small White SW logo at bottom of package (*note: "Star Wars" logo on the front of the bubbles went from the traditional "Chrome" lettering to White Lettering with a Red outline to match the Hasbro 30th Anniversary package motif)

-Gold Leader (SPECIAL EDITION X-WING) BAGGED- Rumoured version without Celebration III Markings- THIS VARIANT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED AND COULD BE FAKED IF NOT IN ITS ORIGINAL MARKED HASBRO BAG. (Only listed for reference here)

-KB Toys re-released the first version of this ship in March 2007 in a black “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” 2-Pack shell with the ARC-170. The only difference is that “DIECAST” is printed just below the top bubble on the front of the package.

-Titanium Single Pack Wave 1 MASS RETAIL Edition has White deco with Black paint around the cockpit. Some ships have small painted "Titanium Series" logo on bottom of ship that can be seen on the interior of the ship's "solar panels" while the ship is still inside the package -

-Titanium Single Pack Wave 2 MASS RETAIL Edition has White deco and Black paint around the cockpit. Does not have Titanium Series painted stamp.

-KB Toys re-released the first clean Blue/grey deco version in March 2007 in a black “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” 2-Pack shell with the green Eta-2 JSF. The only difference is that “DIECAST” is printed just below the top bubble on the front of the package.

-KB Toys re-released the first clean White version of this ship in March 2007 in a black “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” 2-Pack shell with the Republic Gunship. The only difference is that “DIECAST” is printed just below the top bubble on the front of the package.

-KB Toys re-released the first version of this ship in March 2007 in a black “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” 2-Pack shell with the AT-RT. The only difference is that “DIECAST” is printed just below the top bubble on the front of the package.

(5) Jedi Starfighter (Eta-2 from Revenge Of The Sith)– FIRST TOOLING WITH NO HYPERSPACE RING

-KB Toys re-released the first version of this ship in March 2007 in a black “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” 2-Pack shell with the TIE Fighter. The only difference is that “DIECAST” is printed just below the top bubble on the front of the package. In the packaging, the ship is flipped 180 degrees from the first release.

-KB Toys re-released the first version of this ship in March 2007 in a black “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” 2-Pack shell with the Millennium Falcon. The only difference is that “DIECAST” is printed just below the top bubble on the front of the package.

-KB Toys re-released the first version of this ship in March 2007 in a black “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” 2-Pack shell with the Slave I. The only difference is that “DIECAST” is printed just below the top bubble on the front of the package.

-KB Toys re-released the first version of this ship in March 2007 in a black “Buy 1 Get 1 Free” 2-Pack shell with the X-Wing. The only difference is that “DIECAST” is printed just below the top bubble on the front of the package.

-Titanium Single Pack Wave 1 MASS RETAIL Edition Grey/Red deco with Open Circle Fleet logos – *some have small painted "Titanium Series" logo on the bottom of the ship which cannot be seen when it’s in its package. -

*note: a factory error has been seen with only one painted stripe (not two) on the cylindrical area behind the cockpit, lighter washes around the top “engine intakes”, and a lighter and somewhat uneven detail wash overall.

-SDCC EXCLUSIVE 3-PACK Edition- dirty Dark Grey deco. New BSG logo on stand; (light Grey wash applied to the top rear of the ship on engines)

(2) Colonial Viper Mark II

-Titanium Single Pack Wave 6 MASS RETAIL Edition*- Red and White deco. "1104NC" near top Centre Fin- New BSG logo on stand;
*note: Ship is MIS-IDENTIFIED as "VIPER MARK VII" on the package.

-Titanium Single Pack 2007 WAVE 4 MASS RETAIL Edition*-Black with blue stripe “Stealth” deco. Detailed Silver "writing" on ship sides and wings with "CPT LEE ADAMA- APOLLO" on sides-"0223NC" near top Centre Fin- New BSG logo on stand
*note: Ship is CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED as "VIPER MARK II" on the package and on all subsequent releases.

-SDCC EXCLUSIVE 3-PACK Edition- Red and White deco. Detailed Black "writing" on ship sides and wings with "CPT LEE ADAMA -APOLLO" on sides- "0223NC" near top Centre Fin, Squadron Crest on nose- New BSG logo on stand;
*note: a factory error has been seen with the red paint missing from the top of the starboard wing.

Ooo-

Don't forget the Darth Maul portrait on the new 2012 3-pack packages. It will probably be the easiest way to recognize these early releases (I am willing to bet the portrait changes to Vader or a Clone Trooper or something different as time goes by!)

Otherwise, great update!

I look at my old text file one- last worked on in 2008- and just sigh sometimes This one is soooo much better

No worries, Warstar! Yeah dude, the list needed a major clean-up and update... I hope it's a little easier to navigate through the info now.
Hehe, I'll definitely add the Darth Maul portrait info IF the line survives until there's another packaging change.

McCoy: What do those super sensitive ears make of that, Mr. Spock?
Spock: Wood. Rubbing on some kind of leather.

Thank you so much for the new list. I have been away from collecting these for about 3 years now. I'm digging everything out to take NEW inventory. I am curious, do any of you have this new list in spreadsheet format for checklist purposes? It would save me a ton of time. I have been taking photos of the new 3 packs and want to be sure before I buy them. Some look like repacks but some look unique.

JabbaJohnL met with Hasbro's Derryl DePriest and Brian Merten at CVI and was nice enough to follow up for us (many thanks!) :
SirStevesGuide.com: For Titanium Series, we haven't really seen anything new since the repacks in January, and some fans have seen a listing on the Walmart website for a Shadow Squad set, so what's the status on any of that?

Hasbro (DD): [to Brian] Did you do that set?

Hasbro (BM): I only wish that I did! (laughs)

Hasbro (DD): [to us] No, that's not... I don't know what that is. But there's no new Titanium packs planned for next year.

SirStevesGuide.com: Is it just not hitting what you need it to with these packs?

Hasbro (DD): Yeah, basically. It's that there's been a struggle with Titanium, it's a niche collecting interest, very niche, so it's always a struggle for us to do anything new or hit our numbers with Titanium. One of the reasons why we retired it - put it on hiatus originally - was because there's not enough collectors compared to standard 3-3/4 on it.

Retired, like a dead Blade Runner replicant. Well, at least its status is now fully settled. Thanks to JJL.

McCoy: What do those super sensitive ears make of that, Mr. Spock?
Spock: Wood. Rubbing on some kind of leather.